Rebecca Cole (basketball)

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Rebecca Cole
No. 2–Waverley Falcons
Position Shooting guard
League NBL1 South
Personal information
Born (1992-03-19) 19 March 1992 (age 32)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Listed height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Career information
Playing career2009–present
Career history
2009–2012 Australian Institute of Sport
2012–2018 Bulleen/Melbourne Boomers
2015–2016 Nunawading Spectres
2017Eltham Wildcats
2018 Melbourne Tigers
2018–2024 Dandenong Rangers / Southside Flyers
2019 Dandenong Rangers (NBL1)
2021 Bulleen Boomers (Big V)
2022–present Waverley Falcons
Career highlights and awards

Rebecca Joy Cole (born 19 March 1992) [1] is an Australian professional basketball player for the Waverley Falcons of the NBL1 South. She is a two-time champion with the Southside Flyers of the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) and has been a member of the Australian Opals.

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Early life

Cole was born in Melbourne, Victoria, in the suburb of Mount Waverley. [2]

Professional career

WNBL

Cole made her debut in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) with the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) in the 2009–10 season at 16 years old. [3] After three seasons with the AIS, she joined the Bulleen Boomers. She played for the Bulleen/Melbourne Boomers every year between 2012 an 2018. [4] She was a member of the Boomers' grand final team in 2017–18. [5]

For the 2018–19 season, Cole joined the Dandenong Rangers. [4] She was named to the 2018–19 WNBL All-Star Five and was named the Rangers Club MVP. [3] [6] [7] For the 2019–20 season, the Rangers rebranded as the Southside Flyers. Cole continued with the Flyers in 2019–20 and the 2020 WNBL Hub season in Queensland, [8] helping the team win the Hub championship. They finished runners-up in 2022–23 [9] and won the WNBL championship in 2023–24. [10]

State Leagues

In 2015 and 2016, Cole played for the Nunawading Spectres in the South East Australian Basketball League (SEABL). She played for the Eltham Wildcats in the Big V in 2017 and the Melbourne Tigers in the SEABL in 2018. [4]

In 2019, Cole joined the Dandenong Rangers for the inaugural NBL1 season. [4] In 2021, she played for the Bulleen Boomers in the Big V. She joined the Waverley Falcons of the NBL1 South in 2022 [4] and in 2024 helped the team win the NBL1 South championship. [11] [12] She went on to lead the Falcons to the NBL1 National championship at the 2024 NBL1 National Finals while earning MVP of the championship game. [13] [14] [15] She was also named to the NBL1 National Finals All-Star Five. [16]

National team career

5x5

Cole made her international debut with the Under-19 program in 2011. Cole was chosen as captain for the Australian Gems (Australia's Under 19 Women's Team) at the FIBA Under-19 World Championship in Chile, where Australia narrowly missed out on bronze, placing fourth. Cole played all eight games. [3]

In January 2019 it was announced that Cole was part of the 2019 Opals squad. [17] [18] [19] FIBA named Cole one of the "10 Women Who Defined 3x3 in 2019". [20]

3x3

Cole was a member of both the 2018 and 2019 Australian teams in the FIBA 3x3 Asia Cup. [21] In 2018, Australia won bronze and in 2019 Australia went undefeated winning the gold medal, with Cole being named the MVP of the 2019 tournament. [22]

Personal life

Cole is the daughter of Gary and Ros Cole and has two older sisters, Jessica and Emma. [23]

As of 2022, Cole is the Ambassador for Lymphoma Australia. [24]

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References

  1. ↑ "Rebecca Joy Cole". FIBA . Retrieved 18 August 2024.
  2. ↑ "Rebecca Cole". FIBA . Retrieved 18 August 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 "Bec Cole's meteoric rise to be named in the 2018/19 WNBL All-Star Five in her first season with the Jayco Rangers". 28 March 2019.
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  5. ↑ Johnpapadimitriou (10 November 2020). "WBNL Basketall: Southside Flyers: Know Your Flyers: Bec Cole". wnbl.basketball/southside.
  6. ↑ "2018/19 Chemist Warehouse WNBL award winners announced". WNBL. 18 February 2019.
  7. ↑ "WNBL MVP 2018/19 votes and awards: Kelsey Griffin named MVP". 18 February 2019.
  8. ↑ Katelentini (5 November 2020). "The WNBL season is an opportunity for Rebecca Cole". wnbl.basketball.
  9. ↑ "2023–24 Media Guide" (PDF). wnbl.basketball. p. 62. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  10. ↑ "WNBL24 SOUTHSIDE FLYERS CYGNETT WNBL CHAMPIONS". wnbl.basketball. 17 March 2024. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
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  12. ↑ "Waverley Falcons win the 2024 NBL1 South women's championship". NBL1.com.au. 10 August 2024. Archived from the original on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  13. ↑ "Recap NBL1 National Finals | Women's Championship Game". NBL1.com.au. 18 August 2024. Archived from the original on 18 August 2024.
  14. ↑ "Bec Cole is the Mitsubishi Motors NBL1 Finals MVP". facebook.com/NBL1. 18 August 2024. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
  15. ↑ Badkin, Liam (20 August 2024). "Cole shows class as Falcons crush Braves in title game". central.rookieme.com. Archived from the original on 20 August 2024.
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  19. ↑ "Australian Women's Squad announced for FIBA's 3x3 Olympic qualifying tournament".
  20. ↑ "FIBA names Bec Cole as one of '10 women who defined 3x3 in 2019'".
  21. ↑ "Fiba 3x3 Bec Cole".
  22. ↑ "Fiba 3x3 Aisa Cup 2018".
  23. ↑ "'Life isn't fair': The beautiful bond – and remarkable resilience – between Bec and Gary Cole". foxsports.com.au. 23 November 2019.
  24. ↑ "Ambassador Rebecca Cole". Lymphoma Australia. 26 August 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
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